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Sister Helen Prejean Speaks to the Interfaith Gathering at the Democratic National Convention

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

I received this email recently sharing the words of Sister Helen Prejean to the Interfaith Gathering at the Democratic National Convention. Here are some excerpts:OUR SACRED RESPONSIBILITY TO OUR NATIONJesus said, "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see, the ears that hear what you hear." O God, give us ears to hear and eyes to see. Oh, say, what do we see by the dawn's early light? We are a nation in crisis, a nation with eight out of ten of us sensing that we're going down the wrong road. I speak today as a woman of faith, a woman in the Christian tradition, to address our sacred responsibility to our nation ? sacred responsibility is the language of the soul, of the holy, the call to responsibility that goes deeper than politics. My deepest lessons about sacred responsibility to our nation I have learned in government killing chambers, the darkest, most hidden corner of America...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on September 03, 2008 (boomark / email).